Chapter 569 – Misunderstanding
The woman had an innocent beauty, and perhaps that was why she looked even more miserable when she was hit by the rain.
I don’t know why I’m wandering around in the middle of the night.
Did he at least feel sympathy for the woman who looked like a puppy caught in the rain?
Suni glances at me.
I nodded slightly.
“Please come in.”
After receiving her unspoken permission, Suni let the woman into her camper.
〈If it wasn’t a woman, would it really have helped? 〉
Cosmos intervenes with an impure heart.
‘Uh-huh, Cosmos. Favor should be accepted as favor, not viewed in such a crooked way.’
I said the right thing.
‘Even if the possibility of that happening is quite high, you should not carelessly judge something that did not happen.’
〈 Heung! 〉
Cosmos snorted, wondering why he didn’t like my flawless words.
“Oh, my body is very wet. It’s cold, right? I’d better take a shower first.”
At Sunni’s kind words, the woman let out a sigh of relief, as if she had survived.
“Okay, thank you.”
The woman’s face looked much more relaxed after taking a hot shower thanks to Sunni’s kindness. She revealed that her name was Serra Rio.
“Sera, how did you come here?”
“That’s…”
In response to Suni’s question, the woman slowly began to tell her story.
Sarah was a student taking the university course at Pron Academy.
Zephyria’s college education means not entering society, but staying at the academy for more specialized studies.
Usually, Zephyrians advance into society after completing compulsory higher education at the academy.
That age is usually around 80.
As expected, the scale is different from that of humans who live to be about 100 years old.
Zephyria’s academy was free because even higher education is compulsory, but university courses require significant tuition.
It was said that those who received a college education at the academy were either outstanding honor students who received a full scholarship, or children from families with at least a silver spoon.
This is a family that owns a villa in Trancon.
Sarah also had a friend whose parents owned a villa in Trancon.
Trancon, with its wonderful natural surroundings, was a popular tourist town, and Serra did not refuse her friend’s invitation.
So Sarah came to Trancon with her academy friends.
While Sarah was having a luxurious time at her villa, one of her companions suggested that they sleep across the river.
Sarah and her group, who were slowly feeling bored, took a boat and crossed the river for a more unique adventure.
“It’s a no-entry zone, but is there a boat?”
In the middle of Sarah’s story, Suni couldn’t resist and asked.
“Usually, vacation homeowners have at least one boat… They say finding a great campsite that no one knows about is also the fun part of Trancon.”
I don’t know why I’m doing something useless that people tell me not to do, leaving a nice house behind.
Is this just like an old guy thinking about me because I’m getting older? I couldn’t understand these guys who were telling me not to do it.
After crossing the river on a boat, Sarah and her group settled down on the riverside with a reasonably nice view and set up camp.
The riverside side was still connected to the link, but it was burdensome for Sarah and her group to go deep into the link, which was not working inside the forest.
I think they realized at least a little that they would be screwed if they got lost in the forest without a link.
Sarah took a walk alone, away from the group, to eat lunch and digest her food.
I was planning to take a quick look around the campground. Then, without realizing it, he walked for a moment, thinking about other things, and when he came to his senses, he was standing in a place where he couldn’t figure out the direction.
Sarah wandered around for a while to go back the way she came, but she couldn’t go back.
After wandering through the forest for a while, it eventually got dark, and to make matters worse, it started raining.
My body temperature dropped rapidly, and my body began to tremble.
The fear that she might die like this was eating away at her mind.
Sarah, who was trembling in fear, discovered a sparkling light in the darkness.
She ran frantically towards the light. She then found a rather luxurious-looking camping car that didn’t fit in with the surroundings at all.
“… That’s how it happened.”
Sarah was a castaway.
It was like luck that she found our camping car.
This is because the distance from the Laut River to this place is quite long.
The rain hit me hard, and if we weren’t here, we might have died.
Because Zephyrian had basically awakened her magical powers, she had better physical abilities than humans on Earth or Panthera.
However, it was at the level of an F-class awakened person on Earth, and the ability of ordinary Zephyria civilians to utilize magical power was limited to charging magical energy into the ‘Link’, which could be called their smartphone.
There were not many Zephyrians with truly superhuman abilities.
Unless she was a superior-awakened person, she had no choice but to die if she encountered the extreme situation of being lost in the forest without water or food.
With her physical strength superior to that of the unawakened, she was only able to last a little longer.
As I listened to Sarah’s story, which was close to her complaint, the rain stopped.
As Sunni said, it didn’t rain that long. She can’t callously send Sarah away in the middle of the night just because the rain has stopped.
And… She didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving either.
So Sarah spent one night in the camping car with us.
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The day has dawned.
I had no choice but to worry about Sarah’s disposition. Anyway, our purpose was to find Helena’s villa.
I need to explore Helena’s villa…
We are in a situation where we cannot carelessly reveal our abilities in front of others, and the presence of Sarah, a complete stranger, was bound to be uncomfortable in and of itself.
〈How about quietly burying it in the ground? 〉
It was a cosmos that made a subtly cruel sound.
Instead of giving in to that temptation, I called Sarah to the back of her camper. Of course, it wasn’t a confession.
Sarah, who was called to me, looked as if she would disgrace the delicious food she had eaten in the morning.
Still, I have to say something.
“What do you plan to do now?”
“Yes? Well, that’s…”
“We have no intention of taking you to your group.”
I should have told you clearly in advance before I had unreasonable expectations.
Although I am a bit soft on beautiful women, I don’t think she would know if it was just a light favor, so I didn’t even think about putting aside what I was doing to help her, even though she wasn’t mine.
“Thank you for your help, but I don’t ask for that much.”
Fortunately, Sarah doesn’t seem to have any intention of doing something so senseless as giving away her bundle.
〈Look at your size. She was looking for a bundle and got hit by a fist the size of a bundle. 〉
“…”
Cosmos’ advice touched my heart. If I were in front of you, I would want to hit you with a honey chestnut.
This is not the time to worry about the Cosmos guy.
The problem is Sarah.
It’s difficult to just leave it here… But it’s also difficult to take it with you.
‘Should I throw them a tent and some food, and tell them to wait here?’
There didn’t seem to be any dangerous wild animals, so it seemed like a worthwhile option.
I had an idea to show him some favor by taking him with me on my way back after completing the search.
While I was thinking about that… A large bug flew in from somewhere and landed on Sarah’s chest.
At that moment, Sarah and I both froze.
That bug was so big that even I was stunned for a moment. It really was an ugly bug that looked like a fly the size of my palm.
So what do you think of Sarah?
Her face turned pale.
“Aaaaah!!!”
It started screaming and fluttering.
It must have been an aggressive king bug, so it flew away to avoid the glowing Sera.
‘Phew…’
〈Jjolbo.〉
I am not afraid of bugs.
It’s just hate.
〈Phew! So scared.〉
‘I’m not afraid of bugs! It’s just hated!’
〈Stop it. Because it’s ugly.〉
“…”
Sarah was sitting on the floor as if she had been entranced by the king bug’s terror.
She stretched out her hand to her.
Sarah held my hand and raised my shaky legs.
“Okay, thank you…”
―Sera!!
At that time, a man comes out of the forest shouting Sarah’s name. And when he saw me and Sarah, sparks flew into his eyes.
“Let go of Sarah! You dirty bastard!!”
The unidentified man rushed at me like lightning. He seemed to have learned self-defense skills, and his movements were quite disciplined.
Of course, there was no way I could meet his poor kick… And my big fist hit his chin first.
“Oops!”
The guy spun around in the air, then fell down on the floor and lost consciousness.
“Pa, Fallon?!”
Sarah belatedly calls the man’s name.
It seemed like they probably knew each other.
For some reason, I thought that would be the case, so I put the matter in his hands.
Not long after the guy named Fallon fell, other people showed up one after another.
There were five men and women.
They appeared late, standing there hesitantly, looking at the fallen Fallon, Sarah, and me in turns, trying to understand the situation.
